Xi Jinping told President Yoon, "Free trade and supply chain stability must be protected together."

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Yoon Suk Yeol's President on the 15th (local time) and stressed the need for South Korea and China to cooperate to protect the free trade system, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.President

said at the Korea-China summit held on the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, that the two sides should work together to protect the international free trade system.President

emphasized, "We need to maintain a stable and smooth flow of global and regional industrial supply chains and carry out more activities to help promote friendship."

"China will firmly expand its opening to the outside world," he said, adding, "We welcome more Korean companies to invest and start business in China."

In addition, he said, "We welcome more Koreans to visit China," adding, "I hope Korea will take more convenient measures for the Chinese people to visit Korea."

China recently included South Korea in its "unilateral visa-free" list, which is believed to have demanded similar measures.